Hose-supporter.



PATENTED JUNE 18, 1907i H. B. MOSES- HOSE SUPPORTER.

APPLICATION FILED 11713.6, 1906.

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HERBERT B. MosEs, or NEw YORK, N. Y.

HOSE-SUPPORTER- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 18, 1907.

Application filed February 5 1906. Serial No. 299,442.

To all Lu/b01111 it 1nd concern:

Be it known that I, HERBERT B. MosEs, a

. citizen of the United States, residing in the borough of Manhattan,New York city, county of New York, and State of New York, have inventeda certain new and useful Improvement in Hose-Supporters, of which thefollowing is a description.

, The object I have in view is the production of a device for supportinstockings, which is particularly applicable children, and which may bereadily adjusted to fit wearers of different sizes, may be put on ortaken off easily, and which will be comfortable in wearing and hygienicin use. I obtained these objects by the mechanism I and in which thelines 44 of Fig. 1.

Figure 1. is a perspective view of a device embodying my invention,showing a portion detached. Fig. 2 .is a perspective view of amodification. Fig. 3 is an enlarged view in section, taken on the lines3-3 of Fig. 1 and Fig. 4 is an enlarged view in section taken on In allof the views, like parts are designated by the same referencecharacters.

In carrying out my invention, I provided the usual garters, 1, 1, whichare preferably made of elastic material, and are provided at their lowerextremities with attachments 2 engaging with and supportingthestockings. These garters are connected to and supported by anarrangement of straps which passes over the shoulders of the wearer, andis connected to a belt. In Fig. 1, the strap arrangement consists of thetwo straps, 3 and 4, which pass up the front of the wearer over theshoulders, and unite together in a single strap, 5, at the back. Thestrap 5, as

well as the straps 3 and 4, are connected to a belt 6. The belt 6 ispreferably made of elastic material, as shown, while the other straps,except the garters, are preferably made of inelastic material. Thestraps 3 and 4 are permanently secured to the belt 6, adjacent to thefree ends thereof, and the belt is completed and the ends securedtogether by means of a clasp such as 7. This clasp is preferably locatedbetween the points of attachlnent of the straps 3 and 4. An additionalclasp 8 connects the two straps 3 and 4, together, at a point above thebelt, so that when in use, the shoulder straps will lead in the properdirection.

for women and for buckles 12.

In order to permit the deviceto be adj usted, the straps 3 and 4 belowthe belt are provided with the take-up buckles 9, and above the beltwith the take-up buckles 10. The two halves of the clasp 8-8 arepreferably formed upon the plates 11, having slots for the passage ofthe loops in the straps 3 and '4,

. which are interrupted at thesep'lates, pass through the slots, and theends secured to the take-up buckleslO.

The upperportion of the straps 3 and 4, which pass over the shoulders,are also shown as provided with take-up buckles 12.

These straps pass through slots in the plate 11, and their free endsconnect with the At the back, the belt is shown as passing through slotsor openings, so that the plate may be slid. along the belt to anydesired position. If desired, a take-up buckle, as 14, maybe applied inthe back-piece 5, the piece passing through the I end secured to thetake-up buckle.

In the modification shown in Fig. 2, the two garters are secured to asingle vertical non-elastic support, as 15, by means of two leaders orconnecting pieces 16. The strap 15 is provided with one portion ofabuckle 17, analogous to the buckle 8'8 in the structureshown in Fig. l,which engages with the other portion of the clasp 18ycarried upon theother shoulder piece. The adjustment of diameter of the belt 6 in bothembodiments, is shown as being made by-means of a takeup buckle 19, towhich the free end of the belt is secured, the bight passing through aloop 20. loop 20 directly tion of the clasp 7. In the structure shown inFig. 1, the loop is attached permanently to the upright strap 4, asecond loop 21 being attached adjacent to the same point for engagementwith the clasp 7.

In use, the device, when made according to the first modification, maybe put on or taken off like a jacket, the clasps 7 and 8 being fastenedor unfastened for this purpose. The second modification'may be adjustedin about the same manner. The direct downward pull uponthe garters istaken up partly by the shoulder pieces and partly by the belt. There isa tendency for the rear side of the belt to lift by the upward pullingof the shoulder pieces, but in practice this will be found to be notdisadvantageous. The

slot in the plate 13, and its free In the structure shown in Fig. 2, theengages with the other porthe plate 13, through two may be secured ateither end to the. piecesq22 923 to the back and front of the belt,respecwith button holes,

.at the back, as shown in'Fig. 1,

rights 3 and 4,.the part 23 being inside of the readily removed whenthey are not in use, and

I claim is new, and desire to secure for Letters greater or total partofthe strain may be shifted to the belt or the shoulder pieces by properadjustment of the straps.

. The device may be readily adjusted to fit difierent sized wearers, sothat but a single size of device need be made. The absence of loose endsis an advantage and the ability to adjust the device in all directionsis important. r

In addition to the devices already de scribed, I may attach the twopieces 22 and tively. .Each piece is shown as'being semicircular inoutline, and is preferably made of cloth, with two straps, 24.24,attached thereto. The ends of the strapsare provided W 25, and near thepoint of attachment to the cloth, with buttons 26, but this means ofattachment maybemodified, if desired. The pieces are attached, one bybending the straps 24 around the belt and buttoning them in lace. Byputting astra on each side of t e fitting, 1.3, the piece wi 1 be alinedin proper position. The piece 23 is preferably applied after thesupporter is in place, by attachment to the front, the straps E k-24being placed around the belt on each side of the upgarter supports.These attachments are used for the support of a catamenial bandage whichand 23, by means of a safety pin or other suitable device. Theseattachments may be also for purposes of cleaning.

Having now described my invention, what Patent, is l 1. As a new articleof manufacture, a hoseand connected to the belt in the front andsupporter having a belt and garters, and

shoulder supports supporting the garters,

back, and pieces for attaching a catamenial bandage, each of whichcomprises a piece of cloth provided with" straps, each of the saidstraps having a hole at the end and a button near the point ofattachment of the strap to the cloth, the said pieces being removablysecuredto the beltadjacent to the shoulder supports in the front andback, each two straps on each piece being on opposite sides of theshoulder support.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a piece for attachment to the beltof a hose supporter, which comprises apiece of cloth provided withstraps, each of the said straps having a hole at the end and a buttonnear the point of attachment of the strap to the cloth.

3. Asa new article of manufacture, a hose supporter having anadjustable, elastic belt open in front and closed by a fastener, asingle adjustable, non-elastic back member secured to thebelt on a slideso as tobe ad justable to the middle of the back of the wearerindependently of the adjustment of the length of the belt, a pair ofadjustable,-

'nonelastic shoulder straps secured to the back member, the free ends ofthe shoulder straps being connected to the belt adjacent to the endsthereof and terminating in elastic garters, means for adjusting thelengths of the ends of the shoulder straps between the garters and belt,means for fastening the shoulder straps together in front ofthe wearerabove the belt, and meansfor adjusting the position of the fasteningmeans.

This specification signed and witnessed this 29th day of January, 1906.

HERBERT B. MOSES.

Witnesses:

AUG. Lone, JOHN L. LoTscH.

